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Fluidmaster is the most common ballcock out there. Could be grit between the float and shank. Could be rotting, swolen plastic. Honestly the cost of a new fluidmaster is $7.00 plus a new water flex, $4.00, and a new flapper $6.00.

The cost of good help, priceless

Post a photo of the inner tank and we can walk you through it. Even for an electrician, its a 10 minute job.

Fluidmaster is the most common ballcock out there. Could be grit between the float and shank. Could be rotting, swolen plastic. Honestly the cost of a new fluidmaster is $7.00 plus a new water flex, $4.00, and a new flapper $6.00.

The cost of good help, priceless

Post a photo of the inner tank and we can walk you through it. Even for an electrician, its a 10 minute job.

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Just couldn't resist the electrician jab huh Rick. It's not a money issue it just seems like when ever I attempt a plumbing repair of any kind it's a minimum of 3 trips to home depot before i get exactly the right fittings etc. to do the job. You guys have way too many thread size varieties on your finish material for me to get it right the first time. Anyway I'll give it a go, thanks for your response. Bill M. Due to the state of the economy and the ever increasing cost of fuels we regret to inform you that the light at the end of the tunnel has been turned off.

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best bet would be to take the ballcock, flapper and water flex to your local hardware store and match them up. some flappers are common and some not. the water flex you have being in calif. is probably a 1/2'' slip joint x ballcock nut x 12'' length. seems like the rest of the country would be a 3/8'' compression x ballcock x 12'' .

bring in the flapper and water flex to match it up and you'll save the 3 trips.

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Hey Tony AFM, we got another Electrician that has wasted his career. They all want to be Plumbers at some stage of their lives don't they...........!!!!
heheheeheheheheeheeeeeee...................

not so much wasted a career but always willing to learn new things!
my navy chief used to say thats what happens when you have more brains than air in your head

all kidding aside tradesman specialize in the things that interest them the most and fear the least.
things we make look simple tends to hide the fact that there's a lot more to our trades than others realize.
I have a lot of respect for other trades besides my own.